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'Effeminate' is an adjective of demeanor.
by billyruffian 6y ago
'Effeminate' is an adjective of demeanor.
- hypertele-Xii 6y agolol @ all these comments immediately jumping to stereotypes. My English is great but it's not my first language. What's the right word here? Feminine? "More female in brain structure"?
- ben_w 6y agoI’d say there is no “right word” at the moment, and the topic is a euphemism treadmill because, as with so many other disenfranchised groups, social norms have not yet universally settled onto “that’s fine, no seriously it’s fine”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism#Euphemism_treadmill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism#Euphemism_treadmill
- wutbrodo 6y agoThat's fair. I suppose I just find it plausible that the parent commenter made a minor misnomer between feminine and effeminate, instead of jumping to conclusions about stereotyping. But I know I usually have a terminal case of being too charitable, so maybe this is just a blind spot for me. Edit: apparently my assumption was correct, per the commenter in question elsewhere in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26076929 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26076929